Légende

Robert Clive receiving the land revenues of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, 1765, (early 19th century). After his defeat of the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey, British military officer Clive (1725-1774) was appointed the first governor and commander-in-chief in India in 1763. In 1765, the Mughal Emperor granted the East India Company responsibility for running the civil administration in Bengal, as depicted in this painting, commissioned by the East India Company from Benjamin West. When Clive left India in January 1767 he had a fortune of £900,000.

Date

1800

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_137

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (1,5Mo) / 41,7cm x 30,2cm / 4925 x 3568 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male library job man men government India politics country emperor trade guy occupation bengal British headdress color royal OFFICIAL canopy turban turbans political war location century empire agreement Britain profession document soldiers soldier royalty concept Mughal officials receiving British Library mogul headgear head-dress head dress Governor Colour 19th century throne nineteenth century political event British Empire colonialist East India Company Governor of Bengal grant Hindoostan imperialism imperialist Mughal Empire Robert Clive Shah Alam Shah Alam II Robert Shah Benjamin West Baron Clive Lord Clive Clive of India 1st Baron Clive of Plassey Plassey Ali West Benjamin moghul Heritage Art B West 19th-century imperialists colonialists Lord Robert Clive Ali Gohar Ali Gauhar Gohar Gauhar Alam